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Monday, October 4, 2010

Monday, October 4, 2010

[running in] YOU GUYS! Did you know it's FALL?!?

Seriously! Fall! Already!

I think I just pooped a pumpkin!

At least I'm not the only one.

So, now that I know it's officially "Fall," I think I'll kick off my flip-flops, crank the air down to 78 (which may take a while, since it's [checking temperature] ooh, down to 92!), and then find some great Fall cakes to get me in the spirit of the season.

A bunch of plastic leaves with the WORD "Fall," that's what. (Word.)I like how the Wreckerator impaled all the leaves Ninja-style into the icing, too. It really says, "Psst. Hey. Are these leaves dead... or deadly?"

Well, one thing's for sure: when the Pod People come, this will make them think twice before going after the Wreckerators.

You know, an optimist would say these scarecrows are half icing, half plastic:

Oh Jen, these are WAAY too funny. The first one, the CCC (ptoie), was a great way to start, and the cakes and commentary just got better. The one with the pod person comment(I wasn't counting pics): I got to that one and literally was like "WTH is that supposed to be?" Maybe IT was created by the pod people to throw us off? Regardless, these are priceless.

What a great post for a nice, cool (49 degrees!) morning. Love the pumpkin pooping scarecrow!!Have you seen Ziggy this morning? Apparently, there are wreckerators in his world, too... http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2010/10/04/

Ya'll "have" a happ day!

WV: faliqu - I faliqu to understand why someone thought that cake with s*** on a stick was a rotisserie chicken.

However, I do recall quite clearly waiting for the first hint of fall in Florida. I remember it as a kid (the world didn't seem as hot and sticky then, and temps seemed to drop by mid-September, but that may be nostalgia temperature control working). Have the azaleas started their confused blooming yet?

Yeah, the "ya'll" cake was probably designed by a damn Yankee. It's y'all. What I love more than anything is people who aren't from the south trying to use y'all in a sentence. I heard a girl just replace like every pronoun with y'all. It was great... but not as great as that cake.

About the Rotisserie Chicken label: Maybe that's a poorly planned add-on sale ploy? Like, "Hey, this "bakery" is in close proximity to the "deli". Where you can buy a "rotisserie 'chicken'". Because, you don't really feel like cooking a meal to go with this "cake", do you? I mean, the the "decoration" that you see is a fairly good indication of the "taste", and would ruin your home-cooked efforts. Unless you are a mediocre cook - in which case this "cake" may make your meal rise in the estimation of your family...."

I have to give it to the "acorn" decorator. They may be not be able to decorate cupcakes, but they know that acorns come from oak trees! On second thought, I wonder how they are smart enough to know that but not smart enough to know that they shouldn't be a cake decorator! maybe they wreckorator just got lucky!

I love that the second one (with the cattails, I think?) is labeled a rotisserie chicken. It's probably an advertisement, but still, so funny. "Look, Mom! This counts as dinner! It says right here it's chicken!"

#3 Some leaf bags are dark brown. Others are dark green. Would that have been better? It's a toss-up, which is probably not the right word to use just now...

#4 "You show promise, Grasshopper."

#5 What the wreck is under the sticker? That's a rhetorical question.

#6 At least it's not 'bettercreme'.

#7 When executing design #324 from the catalog, be sure to leave enough time before bolting out the door at end of shift to add the 'y' and put the apostrophe ("hey, at least there is one!") in the right place. Thank you, the Management.

And for the love of gravy, cut out all that mocking of Florida's "Autumn" weather! lol We already know it's hot enough *without* the sarcasm, thankyouverylitte. Now, off to make some pumpkin pies to RE-convince myself that fall has indeed hit the sunshine state...and nobody can tell me otherwise, ya hear!? ;)

Thanks for the awesome laughs! It really does get me in the mood for fall, no matter how un-fallish it is outside.

So the first one wasn't THAT bad for a cupcake cake. I mean yeah that pumpkin could of used some different placement. The second cake is apparently a rotisserie chicken! Hilarious post either way, looooveee it!

I'm glad the wreckerators didn't try to spell autumn! On the other hand, seeing them attempt that would be highly amusing (and, simultaneously, depressing)

Loved the post, as usual... you were in fine form today

PS That was just cruel, telling us it was 92F (ah, that's 33C - nice!). I wouldn't've commented, but for the fact that we've warmed up to a measly 14C today (57F) after a horrifyingly low low of +1C(35F). Most people I know are heating already . We *do* have gorgeous fall foliage though!

It's mid-50s here today. It was mid-90s two weeks ago. Welcome to Southern Illinois - If you don't like the weather, wait a few hours. :) (And by Southern I don't mean anywhere near Chicago... or Springfield. Those are both way north. I mean "the neighboring county is in Kentucky" Southern Illinois.)

I also noticed the chicken ad. and wondered.

And did NOT get that those were acorns. I see acorns a LOT (Oak tree in the back yard!) I clean them off of my car a LOT. That is NOT what they look like.

Is the pod people cake supposed to be pumpkins?

WV: Decro - Short for "decroating" classes. They are to Decorating what bettercreme is to butter-cream.

aww the scarecrows in the second scarecrow cake might have been kind of cute without the legs! well come to think of it that would still be frightening..maybe with different legs?( and seriously? 92? its like 40 here....)

Oh dear. After the pooped pumpkin, the rotisserie chicken, and the acorns, my mind just got into a groove. So when the squashed pumpkin cookie cake showed up, I spent 5 whole minutes wondering what you had to eat (and in what quantity) to produce orange and green poop. I may be skipping dessert for a while.

What really gets me is how expensive these cakes are compared to grabbing a box mix, throwing that together, and squirting icing haphazardly all over it.

I mean sure, I get paying thousands of dollars for a Mike McCarey cake (pardon me while I have a little fangirl squee over here for a second...*squeee*), because then you're paying for art, for an experience, for a status symbol, for so much more.

But seriously, wtf is wrong with people even willing to pay $14.99 for something that looks like an icing bag barfed on it? And the people who will pay for that are the very ones who complain about the high cost of a truly artistic cake!

The approval delay sure leads to a lot of repetition. But in a good way.

I agree that the "rotisserie chicken" on the cattail (SOS) cake is probably an ad. It's all from the deli section of the grocery store. Or maybe they just punched in the wrong code when they were printing it.

At first I thought the cattails were corn dogs. Poop on a stick didn't occur to me until I read the caption.

Loves that one cake advertises for a deli chicken on it lol. And why do those things on that cake look like poop popsicles?? Gross! Maybe they only wish it really was a rotisserie chicken. I know I would rather eat that than buy that cake.

not sure if this has been said butt4 when you posted A bunch of plastic leaves with the WORD "Fall," that's what. (Word.) I heard Brick loudly whisper the (Word.) part. Brick who? some may ask. The youngest kid from 'The Middle' - it's high larry us and represents my life to a friggin T

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